Bottle-opener



J. A. HIGGS.

BOTTLE OPENER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.4, 1919.

1,3515%, Patented Au -31, 1920.

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JOHN ALDEN I-IIGGS, OF JVARFEHAIVI, MASSACHUSETTS BOTTLE-OPENER.

Application eiea December 4, leis; serial to. 342,331

To all whom it may concern:

it known that T, J o iN ALDEN Times, a citizen of the lnited States,residing at 4 il areham, in the county of Plymouthand State ofMassachusetts, have invented can tain new and useful. improvements inBottle-Openers, of which the followingisa specification. l 1

The invention provides an article of simple and light construction whichis adapted for a variety of uses and chiefly for rem0ving the papercovers of milk bottles and the:

crimp metal caps of bottles containing beverages and relishes.

The drawings illustrate a preferred embodiment of the invention.However, it is to be understood that in adapting the same to meetdifferent conditions, various changes in the form, proportion, and minordetails of construction may be resorted to without departing from thenature of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

The accompanying drawings illustrate a preferred embodiment of theinvention and on reference thereto:

Figure 1 shows a top plan View of the article,

Fig. 2 is a detail viewof the blank preliminary to being bent into thecompleted form, Fig. 3 is a side view of the device, and Fig. 4 is anend view thereof.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescriptionand. indicated in the several views of the drawings by likereference characters.

' The article comprises a body 1, point 2, and butt 3. The severalelements constitute parts of a single blank of sheet metal which isstamped or struck up in the form sub stantially as indicated in Fig. 2.The body 1 is relatively wide and of circular form and the point 2 andbutt 3 are elongated and in line coinciding with the diameter of thebody 1. The blank formed as outlined in Fig. 2, is bent on the dottedlines 4, the same coinciding with opposite sides of the butt 3 and point2. The part comprised between the dotted lines 4 may constitute thebase, and the butt 3 and point 2 are in effect prolongations of thebase. The wings 5 exterior to the dotted lines 4c are bent approximatelyat a right angle to the base and are inwardly inclined at their outeredges which are brought together, as shown most clearly in Figs. 1 and4. In this manner, the

edge portion of thewings 5 andconstitutes the opener for the usual crimpmetal. cap

' wings mutually brace each other and result in providing a finger grip,whereby the ar- 3 ticle, may be conveniently handled and manipulated Anotch 6 is formed 1n an used as closing means for bottles. The partsbordering upon'the notch 6 are shaped so as to give the best results Oneof the parts is made rounding and the remaining part approximates theoutline of a beak=shaped point which will positively engage a crimpedmetal cap and prevent slipping when the" device is-utilized as a bottlecap opener: of this type. The point'2is made sharp so as to readilypenetrate the paper covers generally employed as closures for milkbottles and like wide mouth receptacles. The point 2 may also beutilized as a can opener and for opening paper packages containingarticles of food. The middle'porti'on of the body 1 is cut out, asindicated at 7 for the sake of lightness and also to enable a firmergrip being obtained on the article when manipulatingthe same. Innerextensions 8 are formed opposite the notches 6 to prevent weakening thewings 5 ata point opposite said notches. An opening-9 is formed in thebutt 8 and enables the articles to be "suss pended from a nail or otherengaging de vice. I

When it is required to remove the paper cap from a milk bottle, thepoint 2 is thrust into the cap and a pressure upon the butt 3 serves toliftthe cap from the bottle and the wings 5 may be grasped to admit ofthe device being conveniently handled. When the article is requiredfor'use to remove the usual crimp metal cap, the point bordering uponthe notch 6 is engaged with the edge of the cap in a manner wellunderstood and the butt 3 is lifted, thereby detaching the cap from thebottle. The point 2 may be used as an opener for cans or paper packagesand for a variety of uses requiring the application of a pointedinstrument.

The foregoing description and the drawings have reference to what may beconsldered the preferred, or approved form of my invention. It is tobeunderstood that I a may make such changes in construction andarrangement and combination of parts, materials, dimensions, et cetera,as may prove expedient and fall withinthe Scope of the invention asclaimed. 1 a r Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patentii-s z I V 1. An article ofthe character specified, comprising a narrow base having a point at oneend and a butt at the opposite end and wingsat opposite sides of thebase and pro; 'jecting therefrom to form a finger grip, saidi wingsbeing inwardly inclined and having their outer edge portions broughttogether,

and notched in their outer edgesto form an opener for crimped metalcaps. '2. 'An article ofthe' character specified, comprising anapproximately circular body having its middle portioncut away and havingopposed projections at diametrically opvent weakening;

posite points, one of such'projections constituting a butt and the othera point, said body having its side portions bent outwardly in the samedirection with their outer edges inner extensions opposite the notchesto pre In testimony whereof Iaifix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

v JOHN ALDEN HIGGS.

' Witnesses: IRENE M. KING, V

CLARENCE B. BENEDICT. r

